Photo: Pierre André Leclercq · CC BY-SA 3.0Below 97% of compared French towns: 3.8% of homes are flats
Here 27% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. The share of second homes stands at 0.8%. On households in social housing, Violaines sits higher than 69% of compared French towns: 17%. Census day 2023: 3,839 residents and 1,580 households in the town.
Throughout this page, the Pas-de-Calais median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
+5% since 2012: slower than 51% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
The first five years brought ±0%; the six to 2023, +5%.
Violaines is younger than 63% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Violaines 42.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Violaines, 20%. Higher than in 56% of compared French towns: 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 33% in Violaines, more than in 87% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Pas-de-Calais median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.4 people on average. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 11%, more than in 68% of compared French towns.
Violaines sits below 66% of compared French towns for households without a car (8.1%)
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Long tenure is the mark of 24% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 5.7% (under two years). The share of households without a car in the typical compared French town is 11%. Violaines has more empty homes than 53% of compared French towns, at 7%.
The median resident lives on €25,540 a year per consumption unit
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Half of Violaines’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,540 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 54% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 10.0% of residents.
Violaines: 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 67% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Households headed by a manager or professional: 11% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. For Violaines, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 31%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Violaines, 1.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
By its share of foreign nationals (0.7%), Violaines is below 98% of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 71% of compared French towns: 23%
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Here, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Below 56% of compared French towns: 18% of adults out of school have no qualification
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
In Violaines, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
12th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 3,815 to 3,864
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Pringy (36.3), the youngest, and Saint-Palais-sur-Mer (68.1), the oldest.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Violaines
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violaines | 42.4 | 20% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| La Bassée 6,650 · 0.9 mi | 40.4 | 20% | 0.7% | 2.6% |
| Auchy-les-Mines 4,625 · 2 mi | 40.1 | 16% | 0.2% | 1.2% |
| Salomé 3,182 · 2.2 mi | 38.2 | 15% | 0.6% | 1.9% |
| Haisnes 4,396 · 2.4 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 0.2% | 1.5% |
| Douvrin 5,867 · 2.7 mi | 38.1 | 17% | 0.5% | 1.7% |
| Richebourg 2,687 · 3.4 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 0.7% | 1.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Violaines
What is the population of Violaines?
3,839 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (3,671).
How old are Violaines’ residents?
The median age is 42.4, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Violaines?
14, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Violaines?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Violaines?
€25,540 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% of residents live below the poverty line. Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.